Pick ChatGPT if
everyone who wants a hosted general assistant — writing, Q&A, light research, images.
Read the ChatGPT pageChatGPT vs Qwen Chat
Our take
Pick ChatGPT if everyone who wants a hosted general assistant — writing, Q&A, light research, images. Pick Qwen Chat if anyone who wants a $0 Qwen chat in the browser. Skip ChatGPT if teams that cannot send prompts to OpenAI, or developers who need a repo-aware IDE (Cursor) or a local runtime (Ollama). Skip Qwen Chat if teams that need a billed SLA seat (ChatGPT) or a local runtime you control (Ollama).
Best for
ChatGPT A general-purpose conversation
Qwen Chat Talk to Qwen in the browser
Free plan
ChatGPT $0 · unlimited everyday text chats (abuse guardrails). Limited uploads, images, voice, deep research, memory, Codex, and desktop Work. Confirmed as the free plan on chatgpt.com/pricing copy and Help
Qwen Chat $0 · no public Plus/Pro seat on the chat pages we fetched
Lowest paid
ChatGPT Plus $20/mo, monthly only
Qwen Chat Not published by the vendor
Next step up
ChatGPT Pro $100 / $200 / $500 per month
Qwen Chat
Coding agent
ChatGPT Codex, rate-limited on Free
Qwen Chat
Runs where
ChatGPT Local or hosted
Qwen Chat Local or hosted
Watch out
ChatGPT chatgpt.com/pricing HTML still hides $
Qwen Chat Hosted chat is not the open-weight license
Last checked
ChatGPT 2026-10-19 · help.openai.com
Qwen Chat 2026-10-21 · qwen.ai
Which one, then?
Pick Qwen Chat if
anyone who wants a $0 Qwen chat in the browser.
Read the Qwen Chat page